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DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.
Verboticisms
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Drawlful
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: draul ful
Sentence: W h e n F r e d t o l d a j o k e i t w a s s l o w a n d d r a w l f u l .
Etymology: Drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out) & Awful (not nice)
Crawldrawl
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: Crall-drall
Sentence: Once he starts with his crawldrawl the wide awake sleep and the comatose die.
Etymology: Crawl(to move slowly) + Drawl(lengthened syllables)
Forestgumpitis
Created by: subakamoo
Pronunciation: for-est-gump-itis
Sentence: Man, he's talking so slow, seems like he has FORESTGUMPITIS.
Etymology: The movie Forest Gump, coming from the way Forest talks.
Procrastanarrator
Created by: sunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The procrastanarrator sucked all the oxygen from the room.
Etymology:
Molassalogue
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: mull-ass-uh-log
Sentence: I'd rather be eaten alive by a wild hog than listen to another Molassalogue.
Etymology: molasses + monologue
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COMMENTS:
Does a molassalogue have a sweet tooth? And always tell a sugar-coated verson? - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:02:00
Can my 'treaclespeaker' deliver a molassalogue? Nice word! - Discoveria, 2007-03-02: 21:32:00
would you listen in a fog? would you listen with a hog? - Alchemist, 2007-03-03: 07:46:00
Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-09: 00:11:00
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Forrestgumpism
Created by: euclid
Pronunciation: forest+gump+ism
Sentence: come on with your bullshit.
Etymology: forrest gump=a long ass explination of a number of years that could have been described in a sentence like:"a mentally challenged man grew up in a society whose government chose to go to war."
Treaclespeaker
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Tree-cull-spee-curr
Sentence: The lecturer's voice was like honey: smooth, sweet, and thick. By the end of the hour the treaclespeaker had lulled half the class to sleep.
Etymology: Treacle + speak. Treacle is sort of a sugary substance that doesn't flow very well (viscous).
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COMMENTS:
I'm going to use this word - very clever Discoveria - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:31:00
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Cumbercone
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: cum.ber.cone
Sentence: Hubert is such a flucking cumbercone! By the time he has told everyone at the office about ... about ... about ... his weekend it's Monday night.
Etymology: cumbersome + cone (as in the shape of a loudspeaker or other orifices put to a similar use)
Lethargument
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: leth-ahr-gyuh-muhnt
Sentence: Don't ever get into a lethargument with Neil. It could last for days.
Etymology: lethargic (the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity) + argument (an oral disagreement)
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-03-02: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
BMott - 2007-03-09: 00:10:00
Loved this one!
Verbotomy - 2009-09-22: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James
Verbotomy - 2009-09-22: 07:12:00
Hey Verbotomists, Jasper Fforde is sending us signed copy of The Eyre Affair for the top writer this week. I guess Fforde did not want to see his heroine, Thursday Next, trapped in verbalaze of boratoric snailocution. ~ James